Setback Quotes

201 quotes by 165 authors

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective! — Mary Roberts Rinehart
A car can't operate without the mechanical systems working, but it can operate with a few dents and scratches ... you are the same. — Michael Dolan
If you can wear the hard times of your life as furrows on your brow, you can wear the good times as a twinkle in… — Robert Breault
BE GRATEFUL EVEN for hardship, setbacks, and bad people. Dealing with such obstacles is an essential part of training in the Art of Peace. — Morihei Ueshiba
If you have a setback, and you're not doing well and then you overcome it somehow, it always sticks with you. You know it could… — Sam Donaldson
Abraham Lincoln comes from nothing, has no education, no money, lives in the middle of nowhere on the frontier. And despite the fact that he… — Seth Grahame-Smith
That's what building a body of work is all about. It's about the daily labor, the many individual acts, the choices large and small that… — Barack Obama
Enduring setbacks while maintaining the ability to show others the way to go forward is a true test of leadership. — Nitin Nohria
To take the difficulties, setbacks and sorrows of life as a challenge to overcome makes us stronger, rather than unjust punishment which should not happen… — Erich Fromm
Setbacks, on the other hand, just make us feel weak and stupid: I should have conquered this by now. I happened on a question not… — Beth Moore
Every crucial experience can be regarded as a setback - or a start of a new kind of development. [You have the responsibility to decide… — Mary Roberts Rinehart
Setbacks and losses are both inevitable and essential if you're going to improve and become a good, even great, competitor. The art is in avoiding… — Garry Kasparov
Optimists, by contrast, look for specific, limited, short-term explanations for bad events, and as a result, in the face of a setback, theyâ€™re more likely… — Paul Tough
Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains… — Pat Summitt
People often say that a bad event is a 'blessing in disguise.' Trust me, experience will teach you that some are unbelievably well disguised. Everyone… — Tom Freston
I've had disappointments and heartbreaks and setbacks and roles I didn't get, but something always came along that either made me better or was an… — Lee Majors
Every event has a purpose and every setback a lesson. Failure is essential to personal expansion. It brings inner growth and a whole host of… — Robin S
Those who approach their jobs and careers with enthusiasm always find plenty of opportunities, while those who complain about no one ever giving them a… — Napoleon Hill
Every setback has a major comeback, — Russell Wilson
People who make money often make mistakes, and even have major setbacks, but they believe they will eventually prosper, and they see every setback as… — Jerry Gillies

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